in the Collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 79 



one ; the latter is dentate exteriorly, and joins two sub-apical 

 streaks of the same hue ; disk with two fawn-coloured maiks, one 

 longitudinal, the other transverse, both containing black streaks ; 

 a dot of the same hue between them. Hind-wings paler than the 

 fore-wings, with two indistinct darker lines, reddish about the 

 interior angle ; marginal line dark brown, like that of the fore- 

 wings. 



Length of the body 9 lines ; of the wings 20 lines. 



Country unknown. 



Genus Heterocampa, Doubled. 



Heterocampa ihyat'iro'idesc 



Mas. — Cervina, albido-varia, nigro-conspersa, capite cristato, 

 antennis late pectinatis triente fere apicali filiformi, abdomine 

 alas posticas sat superante, alis anticis obtusis nigro-strigatis, 

 basi strigisque sub-marginalibus cervinis, lineis interiore et 

 exteriore nigris dentatis duplicatis indistinctis, alis posticis 

 cinereo-fuscis, basi fimbriaque albidis. 



Male. — Fawn-colour, partly whitish; plumes here and there 

 tipped with black. Head with an upright crest. Palpi porrect, 

 extending a little beyond the head ; 3rd joint nearly one-third of 

 the length of the 2nd. Antennae broadly pectinated to beyond 

 two-thirds of the length. Tegulae of the thorax slightly bordered 

 with black. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond the thorax. 

 Fore-wings somewhat obtuse, streaked and minutely speckled 

 with black, fawn-coloured towards the base, and with fawn- 

 coloured streaks along the exterior border ; interior and exterior 

 lines black, dentate, double, indistinct except towards the interior 

 border. Hind-wings cinereous brown ; base and fringe whitish. 



Length of the body 8 lines ; of the wings 18 lines. 



Canada. 



Genus SoRAMA. 



Sorama, Cat. Lep. Het. 1st Ser. 1034. 



Sorama inclyla. 



Foem. — Cinereo-alba, capite thoraceque antico nigro-conspersis, 

 thoracis crista densa nigrorufescente, abdomine luteo, alis 

 anticis squamosis rufescente nigro et schistaceo variis, lineis 

 interiore et exteriore strigdque lata" sub-marginali nigris, 

 strigula argentea discali, alis posticis cinereo-rufescentibus, 

 basi margineque interiore luteis. 



